The Enchanted Pose
| The Enchanted Pose | |
|---|---|
| Artist | René Magritte |
| Year | 1927 |
| Medium | Oil on canvas |
The Enchanted Pose is a 1927 painting by René Magritte[2] depicting a side-by-side pair of identical female nudes in a bare interior. It has been lost since the 1930s.[3]
In 2013, technicians examining Magritte paintings using x-ray fluorescence discovered fragments of the composition concealed under two compositions Magritte painted in the 1930s. Sometime between 1927 and the mid-1930s, Magritte had cut the painting into pieces and recycled the canvas, to be painted over. In 2016, a third fragment was identified under a painting entitled The Human Condition in the Norwich Castle Museum & Art Gallery. In 2017, it was announced that the fourth and final fragment was found under his work God is not a Saint, located in a museum in Brussels[4]
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References
- ^ Defeyt, Catherine; Herens, Elodie; Leen, Frederik; Vandepitte, Francisca; Strivay, David (15 June 2018). "Discovery and multi-analytical study of the last missing quarter from René Magritte's La pose enchantée". Heritage Science. 6 (33). doi:10.1186/s40494-018-0198-x. Retrieved 15 June 2018.
- ^ "The Discovery of Magritte's The Enchanted Pose". Moma.org. 31 October 2013. Retrieved 15 September 2016.
- ^ Martins, Ana (10 December 2013). "Magritte's The Enchanted Pose, 1927: Palette Unveiled". Moma.org. Retrieved 15 September 2016.
- ^ "Last Piece Of Missing Magritte Painting 'The Enchanted Pose' Found In Brussels". huffingtonpost.com.au. 15 November 2017. Retrieved 15 November 2017.